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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothills
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
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Moose were plentiful, feeding and resting on grassy knolls.
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All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
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Respecting Nature Nature is key to Japan’s traditional Shinto religion, in which mountains, trees, stone and flowers are capable of having spirits.
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Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
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Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist.
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This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
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The booster accelerates it to high altitudes and extreme speeds before separating, allowing the unpowered glide body to descend.
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Removing moving parts could result in improved aerodynamics and efficiency, particularly at high altitudes.
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At elevations reaching nearly 17,000 feet (5,177 meters), the robot maintains stability and mobility while carrying out its mission in harsh outdoor conditions.
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Breckenridge's extensive trail system gives visitors access to a wide variety of blooms at different elevations.
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In this case, regulation can be more responsive to nuances of context, and the regulatory knobs are tunable rather than being just on/off.
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Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.
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These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
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It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
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“Foothills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothills. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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